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- H. L. THOMPSON BEAT'ER 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

Filed NOV. 19. 1921 Aprl 29, 1924.

H. L. THOMPSON BEATE R Filed Nov.` 19. 1921 2 Sheets-Shee?. 2

resented Ape 2e, 1924;.

NITED STATES,

HERBERT L. THOMPSQN, GF ELGIN, ILLINOIS.

HEATER.

Application nieq november 1s, 1921. serial n. 510,275.

To all 'whom t may concern.' v Be it known that 1, HERBERT L. THOMP son, a ,citizen of the United States, residing at Elgin, in the county of Kane and State I ofvIllinois, have-invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beaters, of which Y# the followingis a specification. My invention relates to beaters or mixers ofthe type in which a ybeater arm is given a rapid movement for mixing or whipping the contents of a jar or other container, and it has for one of its obects the provision of a newk and improve construction and arrangement of parts by reason of which the device maybe easily and quickly assent.' bled, the structure being simple and readily produced, whereby it may be manufactured from high grade material at a low cost. It g is another object of my invention to provide a new arrangement of parts by reason of which the device shall be adapted for convenient use, being preferably 'arranged for actuation by a water motor and to that end capable of being mounted on an ordinary tainer for the materials to be beaten.

It is another object of my invention to improve devices of this'typein sundry detai s hereinafter pointed out.'

The preferred means by which I have accomplished my several objects are illus-.

trated in the drawings, and are hereinafter specifically described. That which I believe to benew is set forth in the claims.-

In the drawings-y Fig. 1 is a central vertical section through the preferred fo'rm of my improved device.

Fig.'4 2 is a perspective view of the pre-v l stationary art, as hereinafter described,

ferred form of beating device employed, vcomprising two beater arms formed integpally with each other.

- ig. 3-is a central vertical section through .one form of means employed for connecting the motor housingwith an ordinary. faucet. Fig. 4 is a top-plan viewof the threaded sleeve or collar by which the connection is effected between the faucet and the motor housing.

Fig. '5. is a to plan view, slightly broken away, and part y in section. f Fig. 6 i's a perspective `view showing my im roved motor mounted vii on the upper en of a shaft with a modifie form of beat- 55 ig. 7 is a fragmentary view showing the ing 18, said shaft having fixed faucet so as to support in position the cony -upon its 'upper end a motor 20 of the typein` device upon the lower end of the shaft.`

manner of 'mounting the modified form of device, as shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic view for show-4 ing the action ofthe stream of water upon. the' vanes of the motor. 60

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 8, but illustrating the 'actionunder different con*- ditions; and i Fig. 10 is a fragmentary view, similar to a portion-of Fig. 5", but showing a modified N v form of constructin. v f

Referring to the vseveral figures of the drawings, in which corres onding parts .are indicated by the same re erence characters: indicates' a motor housing preferably 70 formed of two sheets of metal correspondingIy-bent so as to be joined at their edges, as is best shown inl Fig. 1. A ca 16 alsoA formed of sheet metal is secured y means of rivets 17 upon the lower face of the hous- 75 ing 15, both the cap'l and the lowerv face of the housing 15 being offset, for holding firmly in lposition a bearing block 18. A shaft 19 extends upwardly throu h the bear- Iy mounted 80 hereinafter described. Upon `the lower end of the shaft 19 I have provided a beating, device y21 which is adapted to be rotated by the motor 20 within a jar 22 which is detacliably held in position within the cap 16 by means` of screw threads. In use, with the jar 22 held rigidly in position with res ect to the housin v15, with the beating dgvice 21 extending own into the materials o to be mixed or beaten within the jar 22, and with the housing'15 preferably held in fixed position with respect to a faucet or other water or ot er Huid' under pressure is ad- 95 mitted to the housing 15, as hereinafterv set forth, for causi a rapid rotation of the motor 20 and the ating device 21. Referring now particularly to Figs. '1 and 5, itwill be seen that the motor20'com rises a sheet of metal 23 which is cut an bent to provide a plurality of similarly arranged,

outwardly extendingl vane's 24, the device1 being preferably ,produced by -a' sin le stampin operation.' The .motor rigi v l mounte upon-the upper end 'of the shaft- 19 by riveting, washers 25 being preferably provided above and vbelow the' sheet 23 for reinforcin l the structure. As is clearly shown in ig. l, the lower washer rests n directly uponthe bearing block 18 `for supporting the motor and the shaft 19. v

As is' lbest shown in Fim 2, the beating device is. in the form of aoop comprising a cross bar26, formed of a strip of metal, having beater arms 27 formed integrally therewith, such beater 4arms. 27 conv'rging towards their upper ends'. At 'its middle point, the cross bar 26 is provided'with an oblong opening-28 which is adapted yto fit snugly about a fiattened portion 29 at the lower end of the shaft 19, whereby the cross bar 26 and thebeater arms 27 are caused to revolve with the shaft 19about its vertical axis. At the pointV 30, the shaft 19 is prvided lwith.aJ circumferentiah groove which engages with openings 31 through the ine wardlyturned upper ends of the arms 27,

the engagementl of the openings 31 with the shaft 19 at the groove 30 serving to hold the arms 27 inwardy towards each other beyond the ynormal position of the arms fas shown in Fig. 2, the resilience of the device being sufiicient for holding the device securely in position. By the provision of this construction, the assembling of the beating device'upon the shaft 19 after the insertion e of' the 'shaft through the bearing block 18 is very quickly and readily effected without the use of any retaining means other .than the shaftand the beating device. As is clearlyshown in Fig. 1, a spacing sleeve 32 is provided .between the upper end of the beater arms 27 and the lower end of the bearingblock 18. A support is also provided for the-circular lower end portion 33 of the'shaft, such supportbeing in the form of a loop or yoke 34 formed of a strip' of' metal, the .upper ends pf the arms being secured in position within the cap lliby .means of the rivets 17, whereby the yokeis secured din yposition at a minimum expense. As is best shown in Fig. 1, the cross bar Qdi-.is bentjfslightly at its middle point so as tprox-'ide a limited bearing for the beating device'21 upon the yoke 34. Coming now to the means for removably attaching the housing 15to a faucet or other sourceof fluid under pressure, l35 indicates a thimble fixedly secured in the upper face of the housing 15 and opening upwardly therein. Revolubly mountedl about the'thimble- 35- abovethe housing 15 is a screw-threaded sleeve or collar 36 which is adapted to cooperate with a correspondingly screw-threaded .p'art' to which attachment is to be made. A gasket 37 of any approved" type is mounted within the.sleeve 36 upon the .upper face of the thimble 35. As 'will be readily understood, by bringing the thimble 35 into registry with ythe end of the faucet or-other pipe', upon.the compression t Yof the gasket 37 between the upper end of the thilnblel and the end of the faucetby a tightening of the threaded sleeve 36,'a rigid and tight connection is effected between such faucet or other pipe and thethimble 35.' In

the construction shown in 'Fig 3,\the screw.-

vthreaded sleeve 36 cooperates with a corre# opening 41 at one lside thereof, so as to direct a stream of water or other fluid under pressure into contact with the vancs 24 at one sideof the axisof the shaft 19,so as -to procure the. desired operation of the motor 20. As lis also shown in Fig. 1, the housing 15 is provided with an air vent 42 in its upper face directly above the shaft 19, such air ventbeing adapted to preventthc formation of a partial vacuum within the housing 15 as the water or other Huid under pressure escapes from the housing through` the drain pipe 43.

In` Figs. .6 and'7, which show a slight. modification, the motor is mounted upon the upper end of a shaft 44 which is provided upon its lower end with a beating device 45 in the form of na plate having downwardly inclinedwings 46. For this ferm of beating device, it has been deemed unnecessary to provide a support for the lower endof the motor shaft, but an extended bearing for. the upper end of the shaft is provided by the provision of a sleeve 47 connected with the bearing block ,1'8 in lieu of the sleeve 32 of the construction shown in Fig. 1. Forholding the shaft 44 against withdrawal from the rsleeve 47 and bearing block 18, have provided a.

collar 48 tightly fitted upon the shaft 44 below the lower end of the sleev`e47. e

In' Figg 10 I have illustrated another modi lication, the thimble 35 of that construction ybeing provided with a lurality of parallel openings 49 therethroug for the delivery of a plurality of arallel streams of water or other flu-id un er pressure upon the motor` 20, in lieu vof the single stream provided through the opening 41 of the construction first describe In Figs. sende I have illustrated die! trates a light load condition, I have illustrated three phases of operation,g1)` with the head of a portion of the stream rom the opening 41` coming into contact at. 50 Withthe outer edge of the vane 24, shown indotted lines and marked a1 (2) with the head 1,492,929 K r a of the same portion of the stream having with means for connectionl with the downy advanced inwardly along the face of the turned end of a faucet to support the casing said movin ed ing into contact at 53 with the outer edge* g vane to the point 51 at its inner in a` horizontal position and projecting from e, the vane in its changed position' being the faucet at one side thereof, a water -Wheel icated 'by a2' (3) with the head of the revoluble in said casing on an axis substansaid portion of. thestre'am coming into contially vertical and provided with a beater tact at 5 2 with the vane b next ahead ofthe shaft extending through the bottom' of the vane a at the vthen-assumed position of thel casing, a beating devicev on said shaft, said Lsaid vane which is marked.y b. Under such thimble being closed at the bottom and conditions the stream is seen to .strike iirst Lformed with a jet orifice in theside posilone vane, and later the. vane next ahead, tioned to direct a stream of water a ainst operating eii'ectively lu onA both of said said water wheel, a vessel into whic the vanes. /While I`have`il ustrated the action beating device projects, and means on the of the head of the stream only, it will be un- .under side of the casing for removably derstood` that undervarying conditions,` as supporting said vessel. thel motor rotates, the stream is deiiected 2. Abeater comprising a motor housing, from one to another of the vanes for operaa bearing in the lower face ,of said housing, tion -u'p`on such vanes successively. a shaft extending into said housing through In Fig; 8, which il'lustrates'a heavier load Said bearin and a. beater arm mounted condition, I have indicated also three phases on saidy sha t and held in position thereon of operation,-(1) with the head of a porby yielding engagement with a circumfertion of the stream from the opening 41 comential groove in said shaft.

3. A beater comprising a motor housing, Aof the vane 24, shown in dotted lines and a bearing in the lower Iface of said housing, marked al," (2) with the head of the same a shaft extending into said housing through portion of the stream having advanced insaidfbearing, and axbeater device compriswardly'along the face of the said moving lng a strip of metal bent to form a cross vane to the point 54 at its inner ed e, the bar secured on said shaft and held 'against vane in itsI changed 'osition' being indicated, rotation `with respect thereto, and two upby a2; (3) with the ead of the -said portion wardly converging arms having-a yielding of the stream coming into'conta'ctwi'th the engagement with a circumferential groove vanes, which is the second vane ahead of in said lshaitadapted normally to prevent the vane a, such contact being at the point withdrawal of the beater device from the 55 at the then-assumed position ofthe said shaft. i

vane e, which is marked c3. 4. A beater comprising a motor housing .In the operation of my improved wheel, having a bottom wall of sheet metal. a bearthe water or other fiuid delivered under ing block fixed in an offset pressed in the pressure is permitted to escape readily, the bottom wall of the housing, a shaft extendvent 42 is particularl effective for preventlrwheel casing relativel volume of such rfluid being substantially 'ing' into said housing through said bearing. very small compared with that of the hous- 'a beater device mounted on the lower end ing and with that of the pipe 43. It-will be portion lozt' said shaft, and a cap secured on understood that thefescapeof the actuating v the under face of.. said housing, upon said fluid is assisted by the provision of the air bearing'block serving to brace the hearing vent 42 by which any tendency to formatioin and to removably support a jar from said of a partial vacuum is prevented. This a r housiig.

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beater comprising a motor housing ing thetendency'to; orma vacuum in 'view having a bottom wall of sheet metal, a bearof the arran ement ofthe\parts, com rising ing block fixedl in an offset pressed -in the the upwardy directed vanes whic have -bottom wall of the housing, a shaft extendcompleteclearance betweenl them A'at their ing into said housing through said bearing, upper edges, rwhereby the formation'of para. beater vdevice mounted on the lower end ti'alylf closed pocketsis prevented. portion of said shaft. and a cap secured on 'is application is being led as a con-f the under face of said housing-,about said tination 1n part of my application Serial bearing block and being also offset slightly No. 496090, ,filed August 27, 1921. ,No for reinforcing the .bearing blockwith rerclaim is nmade herein u n the form ofthe spect to the cap and housing.`

owenwheel per se, suc subject matter be- 6. In a beater, the combinationof a wavmg covered by my said copending' applcater wheel .casing relatively thin vertically tion. f in proportion to its latral dimensions, a Iolaixn: i C v thimble securedl to and extending into the 1. In a beater,'the combination of a water top of said casing at one \end thereof and v thin vertically in` provided with means for connection with roportion to its later'a dimensions,`a thimfthe downturned end of a' faucet to, support le secured to and extending" into the top of -the casing in ahorizontal position and procasing/at one endthereof'and providedv jecting from the faucet at one side' thereof,

` a. water wheel revoluble in said casi-ng on 1 at the other, with-the water wheel located I in the larger end and the thimble and waan axis substantially vertical and provided with abeater shaft extending through the bottom of the casing, a beatin ,device on said shaft, said thimble being c osed at the bottom .and formed with a jet orifice in the side positioned to direct a stream of water against said water wheel, a vessel into which the beating device projects, means on the ter discharge pipe located at the smaller i end portion.

A8. In a beater, the combination of a vessel, means for supportingthe vessel from the top, a beater shaft, a yoltef the ends of whichv are attached tothe under face of said supporting means and the middlel of which is perforated to provide `a bearing for the shaft, and a beatingpdevice in the form of a. loop the middle portion of which is perforated and loosely land non-rotatably 1nterlocked with the lowerend of the shaft, andthe ends of which are. providedlwith perforations through which the upper portion of theshaft extends. l v 9. In a beater, the combination with a water wheel casing relatively thin vertically Ain proportion to its lateral dimensions, a thmble secured to and extending into the to of said casing at one end thereof provided with means for connection with the downturned end of a faucet to support thev casing in a horizontal position and projectl ing from the faucet at one -side thereof, said 'I thimble being closed at the `bottom and formed with a lateral jetv orifice, 'za/vessel, means on the` under side of said casin for removably supporting said vessel, a ating device in said vessel provided withpa shaft extending into said casing, and a water wheel fixed to said shaft comprising a disc formed with vanes arranged so that as the wheel rotates the j-et from the orilice in the thimble is deflected from each of the vanes against which it first impinges to and against another vane in the direction to give an additional forward impulse to the wheel.

10.- In'a beater, the combination of acasing relatively thin vertically in proportion to its lateral dimensions, means for connect-4 ing said casing with the `down turned end of a faucet and directin water `from the faucet into the casing iin a substantially horizontal ljet o f small size relative to the cross sectional area of the faucet, a vessel, means on the-under side of the casing Ifor supporting said vessel, a beater in the vessel -disc fixed on said shaft and having 'a shaft extending into said casing and a water wheel comprising a horizontal `disc fixed on saidsliaft and providedwitli vhorizontal jet pf'smal size relative to the cross sectionalf area of the faucet, a vessel, mins on the under side of the casing for supporting said vessel, a beater in the vessel having a shaft extending into said c'asing, and a water wheel comprising a horizontal provided. with a plurality of vanes projecting from one face thereof into the path of said jet and arra .so that the Jet is deflected from each ofthe vanes against which it first iminges to and against another vane in a irection to give an additional forward impulsefto the wheel.

12. In a beater, the combination of a casing relatively thin vertically in proportion to its lateral dimensions, means for connecting said casing with the downturned end of a faucet and directing water from the faucet into the casin in a substantially horizontal jet of smal size relative to the cross sectional area of the faucet, a vessel,

means on-the under side of the casing for supporting said vessel, a beater in the vessel having a shaft extending into said casing, and a water wheel' comprising a horizontal disc fixed .on said shaft and provided with a plurality of' transversely curved vanes projecting from one face thereof into the path of said jet and arranged so that the. jet is deflected from each of the vanes against which it first impinges to and against another `vane in a direction to give an additional forward impulse to the wheel.

13. In a beater, the combination. of a horizontally extended, vertically shallow casing, avessel, means for supporting the vessel below the casing, means vfor connecting the casin to the downturned endy of a faucet and or directing the water from the faucet into said casing in a small, substantially horizontalljet, a beater in said vessel having a shaft extendin yinto said vessel, and a water wheel ont e end of said shaft comprisinga disc (provided with ayplurality of vanes arrange obliquely with respect to radial lines of the disc, transversely curved and disposed so that said the concave sides thereof.

.14. In a beater, the combination of a hold-.

zontally extended, vertically shallow casing, a vessel, means Afor supporting the vessel below the-casing, means 'for connecting the jet impinges on vcasing to the downturned 'end of'a faucet l'.

mams i a and for directing the water from the faucet and disposed so that said jet impinges on into said casing in a small, substantially the concave sides thereof, said' casing hav- 10 horizontal jet, a beater in said vessel having ing an arcuate ortion for the water Wheel a shaft extending into said vessel, and a and a rnarrovve portion provided with a 5 water wheel on the end of said shaft com- ,water outlet and with the means aforesaid prising a disc rovided with a plurality of for connecting the device to the faucet. v vanes arrange obliquel;7 with respect to radial lines of the disc,- transversely curved HERBERT L. THOMPSON. 

